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Best Practice: Essential Historical and Clinical Knowledge for Counseling Clients from the LGBTQ+ and HIV Communities

Paradise Ballroom A

 

Speaker(s):

Scarberry, Chris, MA

Description

This presentation focuses upon interventions that work best with marginalized populations and also explores methods that can be problematic and unethical. Attendees will be given a history of the LGBTQ+ community from Stonewall on as well as examples from the presenter’s practice which focuses on working with Queer and Transgender clients. Information will also be provided pertaining to the history of HIV/AIDS as well as how to compose letters for Hormone Replacement Therapy and Gender Affirming Surgeries for transgender clients. The hope is that, making this information more readily available will increase comfort and competence in working with these clients.

Objectives

1. Identify 3 cultural factors common to LGBTQ+ clients.
2. Articulate 4 interventions useful in counseling HIV+ clients
3. Identify 3 interventions/methods counter indicated in working with this population

Scarberry Presentation

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Addiction Recovery Support Services: Rationale and Science

Paradise Ballroom ABC

 

Speaker(s):

Kelly, John, PhD, ABPP

Description

During the past 50 years in the United States we have learned a great deal about the causes, prevalence, clinical course, and impact of alcohol and other drug use disorders, including that these disorders tend to have a long course and even when individuals achieve initial remission, risk for recurrence of the disorder can remain elevated for several years. As a result of this recognition of susceptibility to relapse over the initial years in remission, a variety of community based long-term recovery support service structures have started and grown in order to help individuals manage the considerable stressors that must be managed in the early phases of recovery. This presentation will provide brief contextual overview of what has been learned during the past 50 years of addiction science which has led to the emergence and growth of new models of extended recovery support services that are demonstrating effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in facilitating long-term remission and stable recovery.

Objectives

1. Name two major biobehavioral factors that undermine addiction recovery attempts;
2. Describe three empirically-supported recovery supports services shown to enhance remission rates and its duration
3. Understand the concept and value of recovery capital in the remission process
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Sandidge, Isaac, MA

Isaac Sandidge graduated from Eastern Ilinois University with an MA in Gerontology. He has over 7 years of experience as a clinician in community behavioral health centers. Sandidge organized, implemented and conducted New Employee Orientation for all staff within the community behavioral health organizations on topics such as Motivational Interviewing, Recovery Oriented Services, Personal Growth, Life Safety, Corporate Compliance, Trauma-Informed Care and Compassion Fatigue, Enhancing Consumer Engagement, ASAM, Golden Thread, IL Rule 132, DLA-20, PHQ9, and Mental Health First Aid. He is currently an instructor in Adult and Youth Mental Health First Aid with certification in Public Safety, Higher Education, and Older Adult modules of the program. Sandidge is also an instructor for CALM (Counseling on Reducing Access to Lethal Means, and Conversations on Reducing Access to Lethal Means).

Presentation(s):

Compassion Fatigue

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Keeton, Zhanna, MBA, MA, LPC, CCTS, BA

Zhanna Keeton, a Doctoral Candidate in Counseling & Care with a specialization in Trauma (Ed.D), is an accomplished executive and clinical professional with extensive experience in trauma-informed care and mental health. She holds an MBA from Webster University and an MA in Counseling from Missouri Baptist University. As the Executive Director of Center for Life Solutions, Zhanna oversees $6M+ in contracts, having significantly increased revenue and operational efficiency while leading the agency to ASAM certification and CARF accreditation. Her previous roles include founding and leading Phoenix Behavioral Health and serving as Chief Operations Officer at Jimmy Keys Fitness & Wellness, where she developed strategies for business growth and program development. In her clinical roles, Zhanna has provided trauma-informed therapy to diverse populations, including victims of human trafficking and individuals with severe mental illness. She is an active member of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence and has presented on trauma and mental health at various conferences. A published author and Licensed Professional Counselor, Zhanna is also certified as a Clinical Trauma Professional and Trauma and Addiction Specialist.

Presentation(s):

Balancing Person-Centered Treatment and Effective Addiction Treatment Interventions 

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Raymond, Lily, PhD

Lily Raymond, Ph.D., is a licensed Psychologist at St. Louis Forensic Treatment Center – South providing treatment for clients in the Transitional Rehabilitation Program. She completed her B.A. from Notre Dame in 1984 and her Ph.D. from the State University of New York – Albany in 1991. Her clinical interests and activities include risk assessment for violence, providing treatment focused on prevention of future violence and management and recovery from serious mental illness. She chairs the facility’s Forensic Review Committee. She also has lifelong passion for racial equity and justice; at SLFTC, she chairs the SLFTC Cultural Competence and Racial Equity (CCaRE) Council and is a member of the steering committee for the statewide DMH Mental Health Equity & Inclusion (MHEIA).

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Race Matters – Creating & Implementing Racial Equity Sessions in the Workplace

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Anderson Hawkins, Cheryl, RN

Cheryl Anderson-Hawkins is a Registered Nurse and Assistant Nurse Executive at Saint Louis Forensic Treatment Center. Ms. Anderson-Hawkins has a Masters Degree in Gerontology, Bachelors of Science in Health Care Management, and Associate Science in Nursing and 3 years theory in Adult Education EdD from Lindenwood University. Ms. Anderson-Hawkins has over 31 years of services with Missouri State Government in the areas of healthcare, supervision and leadership.

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Race Matters – Creating & Implementing Racial Equity Sessions in the Workplace

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Wilson, Emma, BA

Emma Wilson completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Missouri- Columbia in December 2021. Through the same institution, Emma is currently pursuing a Master’s in Public Health. As a student, she became interested in the opioid crisis, and this interest spread into substance use prevention. In January of 2022, Emma entered the field and began working for PreventEd as a Prevention Educator; she has spent the last year in St. Louis area schools educating students of all ages.

Presentation(s):

It’s Complicated – A Peer Taught Cannabis Prevention Program

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Harris, Shaunte, MSN, PNMHP

Shaunte Harris is a Chief Nurse Executive and board certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Saint Louis Forensic Treatment Center. Ms. Harris completed a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Post Master’s Certificate Program at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and holds a Master’s degree in Nursing Education. Ms. Harris has over 20 years of healthcare experience, specializing in mental health, supervision, and leadership.

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Race Matters – Creating & Implementing Racial Equity Sessions in the Workplace

 

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Jones, Diana, BA, CDEIL

Diana Jones is a Human Resource professional with 25+ years of progressive experience administering programs and agency supports, employee onboarding, leadership development and general human resource duties. She holds expertise providing infrastructure for new and transitioning programs. Ms. Jones is a Certified Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leader (CDEIL) and currently serves at the Director of Equity and Inclusion for St. Louis Forensic Treatment Center, a DMH psychiatric facility that employs 600+ employees.

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Race Matters – Creating & Implementing Racial Equity Sessions in the Workplace

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Dawsey, Nichole, MPH

Nichole Dawsey is the Executive Director of PreventEd, formerly known as NCADA (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse).

Nichole was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and like many native St. Louisans, developed a fondness for the close-knit communities, quaint neighborhoods, and unique history of the area. After earning her Bachelor of Arts degree from The Catholic University of America in Washington DC, Nichole found her professional passion in the field of education. As she worked in the classroom to help her middle school students grow intellectually, she realized the equal importance of supporting young people’s mental health, wellness, and development of life skills. To become an even more effective, knowledgeable, and helping professional, Nichole chose to earn her Master of Public Health from Saint Louis University. It was during graduate school that Nichole was introduced to NCADA, when she found a part-time position there as a Prevention Educator.

After five years, Nichole was promoted to Director of Prevention Education, and served in that role for five years. During that time, Nichole oversaw the significant expansion of the prevention education program, increasing students served by 15% and department staff capacity by 25%. Nichole was appointed as Executive Director in 2018. Under her leadership, NCADA is now PreventEd. The organization has become known for its supportive workplace culture and has been honored as a Top Workplace by the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis and the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

Presentation(s):

It’s Complicated – A Peer Taught Cannabis Prevention Program